Isolation in Of Mice and Men In the novel, Of Mice and Men, the author, John Steinbeck, presents many characters in order to express themes. Steinbeck uses the characters Crooks, Curley’s Wife, and Candy to develop the theme of how loneliness can cause a feeling of isolation. Crooks, the negro, experiences loneliness being the only black man on the ranch. He becomes isolated from the other men due to these circumstances. In this part, Crooks is interrupted by Lennie. He tells Lennie, “You got no right to come in my room. Nobody got any right in here but me.” (68). Crooks is lonely and isolates himself from the rest of the men and when a visitor comes, he is not sure how to react because he is so used to being alone. The only way he knows how to react is to get mad and ask him to leave. Lennie is confused about why Crooks is being so mean. Crooks responds by saying that it’s “Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t because I’m black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you, you all stink to me.” (68). He isolated himself away from
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In this scene, she enters a room with Lennie, Crooks, and Candy. She is told to leave and responds, “Well, I ain’t giving you no trouble. Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?” (77). She is tired of the loneliness but unlike Crooks, she hasn’t accepted isolation. She still attempts to make friends or just conversation. Later on in attempt to find a fried, Curley’s wife engages in conversation with Lennie. Lennie gets defensive and tries to avoid talking to her but she replies, “‘I get lonely,’ she said. ‘You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like not to talk to anybody?” (87). She is desperately trying to avoid isolation but is having trouble. She justs wants a friend to talk to, but
In this scene, she enters a room with Lennie, Crooks, and Candy. She is told to leave and responds, “Well, I ain’t giving you no trouble. Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?” (77). She is tired of the loneliness but unlike Crooks, she hasn’t accepted isolation. She still attempts to make friends or just conversation. Later on in attempt to find a fried, Curley’s wife engages in conversation with Lennie. Lennie gets defensive and tries to avoid talking to her but she replies, “‘I get lonely,’ she said. ‘You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like not to talk to anybody?” (87). She is desperately trying to avoid isolation but is having trouble. She justs wants a friend to talk to, but